Environmental impacts of NORM disposal-with emphasis on discharges to sea

SPE Projects, Facilities and Construction

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 124-131

  Valeur, Jens Rosendal ^a  

^a Ramboll Oil and Gas   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GAS INDUSTRY; PRECIPITATES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DISPOSAL METHODS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LEGAL REGIMES; MATERIAL WASTES; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; NORTH SEA; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PROCESS EQUIPMENTS; SEPARATION SYSTEMS;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 80052613473     PISSN: 19422431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/136312-PA     Document Type: Review

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